back in the saddle again

things are going smoothly. which i admit isn't the normal setting for my life. i worked around the ridiculousness of this week and actually accomplished something today. namely the first floor structural estimate for my final project. hurray for me!

to further explain: i'm trying to get my master's degree in construction management. i am currently in a certificate program because my school feels that i need to prove myself before seeking a master's degree. the certificate program entails taking four of the classes required for the master's degree. (in the long run i will be able to apply these classes to my master's.) two of which i'm taking this semester, economics and estimating. and they are worlds apart. one is economics and math, the other is building practices and cost methods. it is for the later class that i've been working so hard (and sometimes not so hard). we have been given a full set of construction documents and the entire specification book and the entire semester to cost the entire project. this isn't particularly hard; it's just ridiculously tedious. counting everything in every square inch of the project. crazy! but i have help. although each of us had to turn in each homework section, only one of us is actually assigned to each section. i allotted myself to the structural and architectural. apparently i am crazy to take on so much. but i have experience in architectural so i don't think that will be as complicated as the structural has turned out to be. oh and have i mentioned that i have to have it all done by thanksgiving! only 6 days away, and i've only cracked the surface. but from doing the other estimates, i've learned that it builds upon itself. once you've done one floor or one quadrant the others fall into place.

so i have hope, and interest, and enthusiasm once again. i'll keep you updated about how it goes.